Abstract
Routine health check-ups appear to be taken up inequitably, with gender, age, socio-demographic status and ethnicity all associated with differential service use. Furthermore, non-attenders appeared to have greater clinical need or risk factors suggesting that differential uptake may lead to sub-optimal health gain and contribute to inequalities via the inverse care law. Appropriate service redesign and interventions to encourage increased uptake among these groups is required.
Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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Pages (from-to) | 723 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | BMC Public Health |
Volume | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |